Thomas was born in Wolverhampton on 19 October 1904, the son of Edward Daniel and Agnes Evelyn Fegan. In 1911, they were living at 106 Horseley Fields, Wolverhampton, alongside Thomas’s siblings Raymond and Dorothy Winifred. In 1913, Thomas started attending St Joseph’s Roman Catholic School in Wolverhampton, where he stayed until 1917. In 1927 Thomas married Gertrude Rose Owen in Wolverhampton. In 1931, Thomas was convicted at Wolverhampton Quarter Sessions for warehousebreaking, and was sentenced to 6 months in prison. His profession by then was giving as painter, and his home address was 32 Adelaide Street in Wolverhampton. By 1939, Thomas and his wife were living at 207 Fifth Avenue, Wolverhampton, and Thomas was working as a waggoner for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Thomas and his wife had 11 children – Catherine I. (born 1927), Thomas D. (1929), John E. (1931), Colleen M. (1932), Dorothy W. (1934), Agnes (1936), Patricia (1938), Raymond (1940), Stella M. (1942), Rosemarie (1943) and Pauline A. (1946). Unfortunately Thomas and Agnes both passed away while still in their infancy.

Thomas served as a Private with the South Staffordshire Regiment (service number 37240), but he unfortunately died on 7 January 1947. He is remembered on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website so presumably his death was related to his service. He is buried in Wolverhampton Borough Cemetery.

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The research for this blog post was carried out by remote volunteer, Doug Lewis.